Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 18, Number 34, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 11 February 1888 — Page 4

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FEB. 11, 1888

SHAKESPEARE NONSENSE. The Chicago Evening Journal of a recent date had a caustic article on the Shakespeare discussion which said several things that a good many people have been quietly thinking. Mr. Donnelly's theory is that the writer of the great plays was/'a profound scholar, a scientist, philosopher, musician, familiar with Latin, Greek, French, Italian, and Spanish, and more than »11 that, he was a learned and accomplished lawyer.

The writer goes on to show that there is nothing in the plays to substantiate any one of these claims, or to indicate that the author was a profound scholar in any [branch of learning. He was a poet and dramatist by nature, not by art. The "science'' disclosed by the plays would have been of thfi crudest sort even for the age in which Shakespeare lived. It was such science as old women knew, abounding in absurdities and superstitions. In a word, it was not science at all and could have never come from any one who possessed even a smattering of scientific knowledge.

Equally absurd is the notion that the plays disclose the philosophy of books and schools. They are full of philosophy to be sure, but it is the philosophy of the human mind and heart, of the birds, beasts and fields—the philosophy of human natuie—the gift of genius, not of books.

Neither does it. appear that the dramatist was a skilled musician, or that he had more than the barest smattering of Latin or Greek. In an age when the dead languages were in much more familiar use than they are now it was easy to catch up some of their forms of expression, such as were in current use and in everyone's mouth. That is the extent to which Shakespeare uses Latin. The mere fact that the originrl stories on which some of the plays are founded were derived from foreign languages does not prove that Shakespeare knew the languages. Therejwere translations then as there are now.

It is hard to see on what the claim of profound legal lore in the plays is based. The legal phrases used are such as anyone might pick up easily enough and, as the Journal writer points out, the law of Venice, as expounded in "The Merchant of Venice" is a mass of absurdity which no man versed in legal lore would put forth.

The idea that the writer of the Shakespeare plays was a dry, technically learned man in various branches of science is all tom-fcolery. He was a groat natural poet, with an intuitive knowledge of huaman heart and an eye to see all that was going on around him. It is such a genius that celebratod dramas disclose, not tho dry reasoner and acute logician of the Novum Organum. There does not appear to have been any poetry in Bacon, but there is a world of poetry in tho plays of Shakespeare.

LABOR'S RIGHTS.

In a lecture before the Ethical Society of Chicago last Sunday, Mr. Henry D. Loyd asserted that although human beings are no longer bought and Bold in slavery, their labor is bought and sold in much the same way. Combinations of capital in the hands of the strong force the weak to submit to their will, and their will in too many instances, is to grind out of the laborer the last heart beat for the barestpittance that will purchase it. Thespeaker demanded a better conscience among the employers of labor that will recognise the brotherhood of men.

No intelligent person will doubt that there is much call just now, as there has always been, for the speaking of words, like these. There are, to be sure, many conscientious and generous employers who deal fairly with their workmen but even these are hindered by the wolves who prey mercilessly upon the helpless and unprotected.

This labor question is a very gre»t one and bids fair to stay with us for a long time to come. It has now reached the stage when men and women of intelligence and noble impulses have taken It up and are seriously considering what to do with it. If there is less stormy agitation and threats of lawlessness, than existed a year or so ago, there is more quiet and thoughtful discussion by men of influence in molding public opinion, and by the better class of newspapers and periodicals. This discussion will go on until a better understanding of the rights of labor and capital shall be developed and practical methods of righting many existing wrongs shall be discovered.

HKSRY GROBOK has publicly announced that Mr. Cleveland is a good enough, free-trader for him and opposes running labor candidate this year. That view of the ease may do well enough for the George free-traders but how will it strike the laboring men of the country generally? It has bee® supposed that they were not free-traders to any appreciable extant. The only place where the George party cute any figure Is In New York and President Cleveland will doubtiese be well pleased with Mr. George's declaration of loyalty, although he may not relish the statement that he (the President) is a thorough free-trader at heart. .W

THE SNELL MURDER. The murder of Mr. Snell, the Chicago millioniare, by burglars in his own house last Wednesday^morning, has j»tin*ed the people of that city deeply. It is not the first instance of that kind on record by any means. Not many months ago a similar murder was committed in New York and there have been others. But the case serves to draw attention anew to the peculiar atrocity of the master of a house being roused from his sleep only to meet death or maiming at the hands of ruffians who have broken in for the purpose of robbery. It makes the blood boil to think of it and it is no wonder that men feel an incontrollable impulse too shoot such miscreants in their tracks.!

It is poor consolation to urge that burg lars will not kill if let alone. Neither will a rattlesnake bite if you keep out of its reach. Let it be known that the freedom of the house is offered to every miscreant who chooses to force the door at the dead of night and enter and burglary will soon be as common as pocket picking. No, the way to treat these hardened criminals is to give them a dose of cold lead at every opportunity. When Dr. Walker, of Indianapolis, killed the notorious Bill Rodifer, who •fcas burglarizing his house, a few years ago, there can be no question that the burglarizing business was put under a cloud for some time in that city.

But more precaution is necessary* on the part of the house owner. He must not go about raising a tumult and makfair mark of himself with a lighted candle while the burglar is in the shadow. He must ascertain the whereabouts of the burglars and then noiselessly get within range of them while protecting himself behind a jutting wall or some piece of furniture. But let the burglar be killed by all means. That is the only thing he is good for.

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THE forty Democratic Congressmen who voted against the report tf the committee unseating Capt. White, the Republican member from the Port Wayne District, earned the commendation of all patriotic citizens by their action. Mr. White was fairly elected in a strong Democratic district and the effort to oust him was based upon a very gauzy subterfuge,—that there was a defect in the method of his naturalization. It is pleasant to record the fact that there were enough honest Democrats in the House to defeat what would have been a most a

Prince Bismark's great speech in the Richstag in which he spoke with uncommon frankness upon European affairs and the probabilities of war, has had a quieting effect on all the powers. It is now thought that the war cloud has been dissipated for the present, but all the same the German parliment passed with enthusiasm the bill to increase the army and to provide abundant supplies. Germany proposes to be ready when the contest does come, as come it must sooner or later, for the great standing armies cannot be kept always in idleness.

THE sgreement of the Salt Lake Mormons to concede some of the municipal offices to the gentiles marks an important era in the history of Mormonism. It is hard to say precisely what this action does mean but it seems to indicate that the Mormons realise their waning power and are preparing themselves for the inevitable. The gentiles have accepted titie offer in good faith and a compromise ticket will he named and elected.

Coxamms has spent five weeks in debating the Blair Educational Bill, 9* measure which has so little interest for the conn try that moet people don't know what It is for. Congress doesnt seem to want to "get down to business" and discuss some of the questions that people want to hear about. It is too near the Presidential election for thai.

LORD Soaooi COXKUSO again declares that he hi oat of politics "for keeps" and that he will take no part in the approaching campaign. Nevertheless, the campaign will go right along Just the same.

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& O A O A a a A & The indications are fair that a new Territory will soon be added to the United States. The House Committee on Territories has reported favorably Mr. Springer's bill for the organization of Oklahoma, only one member being opposed to it. This unaminity of the committee is thought to presage the passage of the bill.

The area comprised by the bill Includes a part of Indian Territory and the long strip of land lying between Kansas, Colorado and Texas which is known as "No Man's Land," in all about 4,000,000 acres of splendid farming land. The raids of "the Oklahoma boomers" have long been familiar to the reading public- Repeatedly driven out of the Territory by United States troops, the raiders have continued the agitation of the subject until Congress at last seems disposed to come to their relief. Should the Territorial bill pass and the country be opened up to settlement there would be such a grand rush of settlers, land-grabbers, speculators and boomers as has never been witnessed before in the history of the country. It is estimated that 200,000 people would be within the Territory inside of three months. As 4,000,000 acres would only make 25,000 farms of KH^acres each, this estimate is probably somewhat overdrawn unless about seven times as many people should settle in townB and villages as on farms, and all the land be at once taken up. Howevf, it is perfectly safe to say that there would be a grand rush and a prodigious boom for the new Territory. In a very short time Oklahoma would be demanding admission to the Union as a State and it is hard to see how such people could be kept out. The Oklahoma boomors are well nigh invincible.

TERRB HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

It is announced that Col. Fred Grant and his mother have purchased the Cosmopolitan Magazine, of New York. The Grant family naturally feel a strong bias towards the publishing business since the General's book yielded the handsome profit of $400,000 to his widow, with the prospect of $5,000 a year in the future But Col. Fred is like to find lots of thorns in the publishers' path and may rue the day thai he was ever tempted into it. Then again, if he strikes it just right, he may become as rich and happy as George W. Childs.

spite of the threats of Congress to investigate the "trust" business, the plan of organizing these unlawful combinations continue. The sugar trust is getting in its work nicely and now a-rub-ber trust with $50,000,000 capital has been formed to monopolize the rubber business of the country and make that line of goods dearer to consumers. Hurry up tjiat investigating bill, Mr. Congressman Mason.

Justice Harlan, of the U. S. Supreme Court, on Tuesday granted the hearing of the application for a writ of error in the Cby and Bernhamer cases, setting it for Feb. 20. In the meantime the defendants, who have been receiving Democratic callers and sympathy in profusion in a hotel in charge of a United States marshal, have been remanded to jail.

THE heavy fire record of the United States for the last few years goes on increasing. Last year the total losses reached the stupendous aggregate of $130,000,000, an increase of $15,000,000 over the previous, and 1888 has made a bad start for any better record, the losses for January being over $13,000,000, while they were not quite $8,000,000 for the same month of 1887. Insurance men are beginning to wonder what the end will be.

PRINCE BISMARCK thinks it will be at least four years before any of the European powers will be ready for a fight. It has been the impression over here that they were ready for war at a minute's notice. Else what are their big standing armies for?

IT is pleasant to learn that Mrs. Don M. Dickinson has made a good impression in Washington social circles. With a wife who is regarded as both handsome and stylish, the new P. M. G.. ought to have pretty smooth sailing. I*-

PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

A rumor that John R. McLean is about to purchase the New York Sun is denied by Mr. Dana, who puts the price of his paper at $5,000,000.

A Cincinnati bailiff had ah eye to business. In hunting up jurors to sit on a cake, he brought in those who ware willing to divide the fee with him, provided they were accepted. There is something new under the sun, occasfbnally.

An unknown man committed suicide at New York, Tuesday morning, by jumping on the elevated railroad track in front of a train, and placing his head on the rail. People passing on the sidewalk below were sprinkled with his blood.

John Wanamaker, the big dry goods man and art connoisseur of Philadelphia, is a philanthropist as well. He has gone far to solve the problem of cheap houses for workingwomen by giving them for $3.25 a week, board lodging, a liberal washing allowance and the use of recep-tion-roomp,-dancing-rooms and bowling alleys.

A Texas gentleman traveling in a Pullman palace car in the East happened to say that he was from the Lone Star State. "Do you live in the western portion of the State?" asked a man opposite. "I do." "In Torn Green county?" "That's my county." Live near

Carson?" "That's

my town." "Perhaps you know my brother, William Henry Jones?" "Know him? Gimme your hand, stranger. I helped to hang William Henry the night before I left. He was a horse thief, but a good one. Shake."

A barber, who is now shaving the facias and curling the hair of a second generation of New York merchants, says: "But a very small portion of men h^th^erelrore^to

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smooth faces. Mustaches and beards are so common that five suppositions we made in the case of a man who wears no beard—namely that he cannot raise one, that he is a clergyman, that he is an actor, that he is a relic of a dead generation, or he is an eccentric. So imperative is fashion now that one must give a reason for appearing with a smoothshaven face, whereas a generation ago one had to give a reason

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mustache. Those were the days when mustaches were scarcely worn except by foreigners and military officers, and even then by them but rarely. For an American in civil life a mustache was a complete disguise."

She Saved The Baby.

Mrs. Jeree Gage, St. Johnabury, Vt., tried seven diflerent kinds of prepared food. The doctor thought the baby could live but a few days. She changed to Lactated Food, whioh saved the boy's life, making him fat and well.

No other medicine la so reliable Ayer*s Cherry Pectoral, for the core of coughs, colds, and all derangements of the resplratoiT organs. It relieves the asthmatic ana consumptive, even in advanced stages of disease.

Beaoty Without Paint.

"What makes my akin so dark and muddy? My cheeks were once so smooth and roddy! I used the bast cosmetics made," la what a lovely maiden said. "That's not tbeewe, my charming Miss," The doctor said—"remember this: If yon roar akin would keep from taint. Discard the powder and the paint.

"The proper tbinf for all such tiki Is this," remarked the man of pills: "Enrich the blood and make It pore— In this youli find the only care."

Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Diecovery will do this without fail. It has no equal. All druggists.

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SOUTH HUTCHINSON.

The Wonder of the State Still Keeps "Dp Her Record for Surprising the People.

[Hutchinson News, Feb. 4.]

One would hardly expect to find over 100 men working on building in midwinter in a city of only 1,200 people, but such is the case in South Hutchinson. There has been only two days this year so far that work was entirely supended There is a more happy smile than on Ben's face for the past few days.

It was not known until to-day what was the cause of work stopping on the gas well. The boiler was in the same building with the derrick, and only about thirty feet from the well. The pressure of gas kept getting stronger and stronger each hour of the last day. until an explosion occurred, caused by the fire in the fire-box under the boiler, It was considered unsafe to proceed further with this rig, and a large stationary rig was at once ordered, which will allow the boiler end engine to be in a separate building from the well and 100 feet away. This increased pressure seems to be coming from the second sand.

It is expected the third sand will be reached in about 150 feet. The drillers are preparing for a "gusher."

SOUTH HUTCHINSON.

The New Salt Shaft to be Located Near the Missouri Paciflo Track.

[Hutchinson News, Feb. 8.]

Mr. George Adgote, of New York, arrived in the city yesterday, and spent the day in South Hutchinson in company with Mr. Ben Blanchard looking over the ground and making investigation as to the character of material to be passed through in sinking a shaft to the salt.

After carefully examining the sand pumping from the three wells, it was decided to locate the shaft near the new one east of the Missouri Pacific railroad. The difficulties of passing through the sand are not so formidable as they at first appeared, although the work will require the highest type of engineering.

Mr. Adgote is the superintendent of the New York Sub-Aqueous Tunneling Co., and is here in the interests of tho New York Salt Co.

The Indiana Block. Hutchinson News, Feb. 9.

Over one hundred mechanics are at work on the Indiana block in South Hutchinson. The third story joists, of three more buildings were raised yesterday, and five are now up to the roof. If the weather continues favorable the block will be completed before thirty days. Of the fourteen store buildings twelve have already been leased, five of which will be used for wholesale purposes. It will make, when finished, one of the handsomest blocks in southern Kansas.

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While wafting for their new fig, Messrs. Palmer & Davis are drilling a salt well for the New York company one mile east of the gas well, near the Missouri Pacific railroad track. Work will begin on the shaft as soon as the well is done.

Mr. Blanchard says he could rent 100 buildings within a week if he could get them built. If is now a settled fact that salt will be mined and manufactured on a large scale in South Hutchinson.

The barb wire factory, macnine shops and foundries will be run to their utmost capacity during the coming season. Each one of these institutions have booked enough orders already to run them for the next three months. The South Hutchinson foundry will make the heavy castings for the salt shaft. McFarland's foundry has a large contract for some lighter work that has compelled him to make quite an addition to his moulding floor.

The prospects are indeed good that this will be prosperous year for our sister city and Mr. Blanchard says that before 1888 comes to a close, South Hutchinson will number 5,000 souls.

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